NHS Hospitals: Apheresis - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:07 pm on 9 October 2024.

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Photo of Baroness Merron Baroness Merron The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care 3:07, 9 October 2024

I assure the noble Baroness that we are more than factoring it in. We are totally committed to working to support those with sickle cell, and thalassaemia. There is ongoing work to provide the very best possible care, including boosting the number of blood donors, which is vital in improving clinical pathways and delivering treatments. There is a treatment, as I am sure the noble Baroness is aware, called Casgevy, which requires apheresis as part of the process. It is being evaluated by NICE for the treatment of thalassaemia and it is also being evaluated for sickle cell. I hope all those things will bring great benefits.